PERIOD |
YEARS |
EXPLANATION
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Paleolithic Age |
BC ?-10.000 |
There are finds from this age in Avla Mountain. |
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Mesolithic Age |
BC 10.000-8000 |
No finds from this age. |
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Early Neolithic Age
Late Neolithic Age |
BC 8000-6500
BC 6500-5500 |
Neolithic Age BC 8000-5500 |
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Early Calcolithic Age
Middle Calcolithic Age
Late Calcolithic Age |
BC 5500-5000
BC 5000-4500
BC 4500-3000 |
Calcolithic Age BC 5500-3000 |
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Early Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age
Assyrian Commercial Colonies Age
Hittites (The Old Kingdom)
Hittites (The Great Hittite Empire)
Hittites (Neo Hittite City States) |
BC 3000-2500
BC 2500-2000
BC 2000-1200
BC 1900-1800
BC 1800-1400
BC 1400-1200
BC 1200-700 |
Bronze Age BC 3000-1200
Hittites, collapsed after Aegean Emigration. |
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Tabal Kingdom |
BC 900-680 |
Period of dominance of Late Hittite City State Tabal Kingdom, in the region. Tabal Kingdom collapsed by Assyrians. |
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Phrygians |
BC 750-676 |
Period of dominance of Phrygians in the region. Phrygians, collapsed by Cimmerian and Scythian emigrations.
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Medes |
BC 585-550 |
Period of dominance of Medes, settled in Iran, in the region.
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Persians |
BC 547-331 |
Period of dominance of Persians, settled in Iran, in the region. |
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The Kingdom of Cappadocia |
BC 332-MS 17 |
Persian follower independent kingdom period. |
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Romans |
17-395 |
The region passed under the dominance of Romans, after Cappadocia Kingdom joined to city-state of Rome. |
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Byzantines
Sassanids
Umayyads
Abbasids |
395-1071
608-611
709-713
831-833 |
After Byzantines lost their dominancy in the region, in 1071, Sassanids, Emevis and Abbasids, which all have Arabian origin, have ruled the region at times.
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Anatolian Seljuks State
Danishmendis |
1078-1318
1086-1178 |
Periods of dominance of Anatolian Seljuks and Danishmendis, two Turkish Principalities, in the region. Danishmendis was collapsed by Anatolian Seljuks. |
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İlhanlılar (Mongoloids)
Timurtaş Bey
Eretna Bey
Kadı Burhanettin |
1277-1318
1318-1343
1343-1381
1381-1398 |
Period of dominance of Iranian İlhanlılar, in the region. Governors of İlhanlılar, located in Anatolia, become independent at times. |
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Ottoman Empire |
1398-1402 |
The period when Ottoman Principality, a Turkish principality, used to rule the region. |
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Karamanoğulları |
1402-1436 |
The period when Karamanoğulları, a Turkish principality, used to rule the region. |
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Dulkadiroğulları |
1436-1515 |
The period when Dulkadiroğulları, a Turkish principality, used to rule the region. |
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Ottoman Empire |
1515-1923 |
Ottoman Empire period |
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Republic of Turkey |
1923- …. |
Republic of Turkey period |
